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THE FRIEND.
7 Af
1 ^3 ^ ,91
one of ail Asian* and public houses tbat
would lodgrJ'ajiy of our friends : this was kept
by a widow Partridge who received us very
kiodly." " Near this town there dwelt one
" tbe power of the Lord seized on them,
whereby they were mightily shaken and broken
into tears and weeping." These precious
evidences of the divine presence in tbe meet-
Laytbes, who promised to let us meet in his- ings of our worthy predecessors, are a lively
bouse, and the day waa appointed. Accord-, evidence of tbe fervency and singleness of
ingly John Tiffin, my brother, and I came! heart with which they were wont to wait upon the
there • but the man was gone from home, as; Lord. The world, and its riches and pleasures,
they said, but we supposed on purpose that we!
might not meet at his house. There was at'
a little distance in the great road, a place
where three lanes ends met, and there we sat
down and kept our meeting. The people
came about us ; we were a wonder to them,
and something was spoken to 'direct their
minds lo the teachings of God's spirit in their
had then no ascendency in their minds—they
were a poor, persecuted, and despised people;
derided by the high professors of religion, and
abused by the libertine ; having nothing to
trust to but tbe Lord alone, and tbe sustaining
sense of his spirit and power in their hearts.
He was their dearest friend, their almighty
helper, and the chief object of their desires,
own hearts. These exercises, though in much i and hence they came to their religious assem
weakness and fear, spread abroad the name
and fame of truth, and many bonest people
began to enquire after it, and to see that the
reports which the priests had told them of as
were false, which made them #ore desirous to
jhear us, and some were added fo our meeting
lit Lurgan, then kept at my house.
" Soon after this, John Tiffin went for England, but our meeting increased ; and sometimes tbe Lord's power and spirit would move
me to speak a few words in meetings, which
1 did in fear, being under a great concern, lest
a wr/ong spirit should get entrance, and deceive me in the likeness of an angel of light,
for I was sensible of my own weakness. Several persona now gathered to our meetings,
and were convinced of tbe truth. So we got
meetings in several places, there being a great
openness among the people."
William Edmundsoo, having a desire to see
George Fox, went over to England, and met
aim at Badgely in Leicestershire, where there
was a great meeting of Friends from several
places. «' After this meeting was ended,"
aays William, " I went to George Fox, and he
took notice of me ; we went into an orchard,
tnd kneeling down, he prayed. Tbe JLord's
heavenly power and presence were there, and
he was very tender over me. I (old him where
I lived, and of several being convinced, in Ireland, of tbe openness among the people ia tbe
north of that nation to hear the truth declared,
ami of tbe want of ministering Friends in tbe
gospel there
blies with hearts prepared to seek him in
singleness and sincerity, and to wail upon him
with reverent humility and fear. Did the
membere of the Society, in the present day,
more generally feel that ardent love for God
—that humble dependence on him for all their
blessings, and tbat earnest longing after the
sensible evidences of his holy presence, which
marked the early Quakers, our religions meetings would be seasons of greater spiritual favour, and more nearly resemble those of our
early Friends.
While William was in England, Edward
Burrough and Francis Howgill landed in Ireland, whither they had gone to preach the
gospel. But the spirituality of their doctrines
and the great strictness of life which tbey enjoined, were not calculated to please the
priests and careless professors, who speedily
commenced persecution, and obtained an order from Henry Cromwell, then Lord Deputy
of Ireland, to banish them out of tbe nation,
and a guard of soldiers were ordered to conduct them from place to place until they were
shipped off. The soldiers, however, were kind
and affectionate to them, and permitted tbem
to hold meetings where tbey came, so tbat
many were convinced, and small meetings settled in several places.
It was about tbe same period, that Richard
Clayton, a minister of the goepel, arrived in
Ireland, and went directly to William Ed-
mundsoo'g bouse, where he remained some
f-Ume, attending their meetings. Finding it
y
jGeorae Fox appears to have felt much for -required of him to go to Colerain and Londoo-
tbe situation ef Friends in Ireland, and as a
nursing father in tbe church was anxiously
solicitous for their establishment and growth
in faithfuloess to tbe manifestations of. that
blessed spirit by which tbey had been convinced and brought thus far on their heavenly
journey. He saluted them with this concise
bet instructive epistle:
vw Frit*d*,~ln tbat which convinced you,
Wait; tbat you may have tbat removed, which
you are convinced*' of. And all, my dear
mends, dwell in the life, and love, and power,
wisdom of God, ia unity one with another,
twith God. And tbe peace and wisdom
! 411 all your hearts, tbat eothing may
jhM,b«l tbe life .wbki #t**a« m tbe
K
-deirr, William thought it right to accompany
bim. At Colerain ihey preached in tbe street,
warning the people to repent, and also put op
some papers which they had written, in several
public places. But the professors were highly
offended at their proceedings and testimony,
and banished tbem' over tbe water, giving
charge tbat no boat should bring tbem back.
Thus arbitrarily expelled and prevented from
returning, tbey travelled oa foot toward Londonderry, lodging tbat night at a cabin in tbe
mountains. At tbe latter place they were
better received and obtained two meetings, at
which several persons' were convinced; tbe
governor attended at one of tbe meetings, and
acknowledged tbe truth of tbe doctrines tbey
preached, and behaved very respectfully to
county of Armagh, in which neighbourhood
there were many honest-hearted people who
had a desire lo bear Friends.
These received our travellers very lovingly,
and generally came to their meeting ; a large
number received the truth in the love of h, and
with great tenderness 4i for they were waiting
for it." A meeting was settled in that place
which became large.
(To be continued.)
letter from a Shatcnee Indian.
A friend of Indiana, from a belief that it
would be interesting to the readers of " The
Friend," has forwarded for insertion a literal
copy of a letter written by a full-blooded Indian of the Shawnee tribe. It is known that
a number of Indians have for some years been
under the care of Baltimore, Ohio, and Indiana yearly meetings, with the, hflQfilfllgnt
vipwjTfjrrirnriting their civilisation »nit rnnral
improvement. A part of this number removed
several years since, and the remainder, baring
subsequently disposed of tbeir lands, last autumn also migrated to a country west of tbe
Mississippi. Tbe letter was written by one of
this company of emigrants to Henry Harvey,
the individual wbo was superintendent at
Friends' establishment at Wappakonnetta,
Ohio. " The original," says.our correspondent,. " is written in a good hand, though evidently in haste, to which cause some of the
misspelling may be attributed." It is witb~^
much satisfaction that we learn, Friends of /
Ohio and Indiana are not-yet-dispoeed to with-
drawTEerrattention from this fragment of an
injured and once numerous people, notwithstanding the distance of the new location,
about seven hundred miles; and that tbe acting committee on Indian concerns have recently engaged three Friends to go and make
them a visit, and endeavour to ascertain what
can be done for tbeir benefit.
Kaaxaa River, Indian Territory,
Dec W, 183*.
Dear Sir,
I deferred writing for some time after we arrived at our new borne, thinking the chiefs would
wish to rite to you, finding tbey said nothing
on subject, to me of writing, I took on myself
to drop a fewlines. We landed to our new
holms on the first day of December, i^oranrWa. ^
hie fortigued andLpur horses maeh redSfted.'
and a number in fact give out on tbe way, "but
not-withstanding all things, we had a very providential fall, for our jurney. We are sorrow
to relate to you, that we left some of our nation behind us, whien will not be seen untill ^
we meet tbem in the eternal world, tbe names
of tboee is, Parkway, Waywapia, Tboeoeoway, *
Patewaycia, Nancy Sanders child, Gbaweys /
two children, Lea thaws grand child, aad Nancy \
Blujackets child, nine in number. A* respects^,
oar new country, I have seen better aad worse,
tbe land is of good quality and tbe water is
owe, but is not sufficient timber, quantity of
amber is not sufficient to fet*4 tbe :
~ Br
JUmuadnon bad fiasabed bis -v«Hitbea as long as they remained there.
* T*Wrted Jwa*,%«iTe*da»^ - ■ u L £
Utsy Jttk: ■■■»!■» tod
'-Sjhh* these* tbay went throrab Strabfts*.
Oesber, Duagaaaon, 4ms. toSjfcmore bvAm
W« bare settled aboat «4gbt mden freo tbe
Smooth of tbe river, tbe cblefe* bav* not made
a dnfsreut or iepwtMa tettltoesA, (mm I
yb<3*

1 /U__f">3t: H-fr' ^ tizX'-Hi-v--ti-*-r\
ye*
THE FRIEND.
7 Af
1 ^3 ^ ,91
one of ail Asian* and public houses tbat
would lodgrJ'ajiy of our friends : this was kept
by a widow Partridge who received us very
kiodly." " Near this town there dwelt one
" tbe power of the Lord seized on them,
whereby they were mightily shaken and broken
into tears and weeping." These precious
evidences of the divine presence in tbe meet-
Laytbes, who promised to let us meet in his- ings of our worthy predecessors, are a lively
bouse, and the day waa appointed. Accord-, evidence of tbe fervency and singleness of
ingly John Tiffin, my brother, and I came! heart with which they were wont to wait upon the
there • but the man was gone from home, as; Lord. The world, and its riches and pleasures,
they said, but we supposed on purpose that we!
might not meet at his house. There was at'
a little distance in the great road, a place
where three lanes ends met, and there we sat
down and kept our meeting. The people
came about us ; we were a wonder to them,
and something was spoken to 'direct their
minds lo the teachings of God's spirit in their
had then no ascendency in their minds—they
were a poor, persecuted, and despised people;
derided by the high professors of religion, and
abused by the libertine ; having nothing to
trust to but tbe Lord alone, and tbe sustaining
sense of his spirit and power in their hearts.
He was their dearest friend, their almighty
helper, and the chief object of their desires,
own hearts. These exercises, though in much i and hence they came to their religious assem
weakness and fear, spread abroad the name
and fame of truth, and many bonest people
began to enquire after it, and to see that the
reports which the priests had told them of as
were false, which made them #ore desirous to
jhear us, and some were added fo our meeting
lit Lurgan, then kept at my house.
" Soon after this, John Tiffin went for England, but our meeting increased ; and sometimes tbe Lord's power and spirit would move
me to speak a few words in meetings, which
1 did in fear, being under a great concern, lest
a wr/ong spirit should get entrance, and deceive me in the likeness of an angel of light,
for I was sensible of my own weakness. Several persona now gathered to our meetings,
and were convinced of tbe truth. So we got
meetings in several places, there being a great
openness among the people."
William Edmundsoo, having a desire to see
George Fox, went over to England, and met
aim at Badgely in Leicestershire, where there
was a great meeting of Friends from several
places. «' After this meeting was ended,"
aays William, " I went to George Fox, and he
took notice of me ; we went into an orchard,
tnd kneeling down, he prayed. Tbe JLord's
heavenly power and presence were there, and
he was very tender over me. I (old him where
I lived, and of several being convinced, in Ireland, of tbe openness among the people ia tbe
north of that nation to hear the truth declared,
ami of tbe want of ministering Friends in tbe
gospel there
blies with hearts prepared to seek him in
singleness and sincerity, and to wail upon him
with reverent humility and fear. Did the
membere of the Society, in the present day,
more generally feel that ardent love for God
—that humble dependence on him for all their
blessings, and tbat earnest longing after the
sensible evidences of his holy presence, which
marked the early Quakers, our religions meetings would be seasons of greater spiritual favour, and more nearly resemble those of our
early Friends.
While William was in England, Edward
Burrough and Francis Howgill landed in Ireland, whither they had gone to preach the
gospel. But the spirituality of their doctrines
and the great strictness of life which tbey enjoined, were not calculated to please the
priests and careless professors, who speedily
commenced persecution, and obtained an order from Henry Cromwell, then Lord Deputy
of Ireland, to banish them out of tbe nation,
and a guard of soldiers were ordered to conduct them from place to place until they were
shipped off. The soldiers, however, were kind
and affectionate to them, and permitted tbem
to hold meetings where tbey came, so tbat
many were convinced, and small meetings settled in several places.
It was about tbe same period, that Richard
Clayton, a minister of the goepel, arrived in
Ireland, and went directly to William Ed-
mundsoo'g bouse, where he remained some
f-Ume, attending their meetings. Finding it
y
jGeorae Fox appears to have felt much for -required of him to go to Colerain and Londoo-
tbe situation ef Friends in Ireland, and as a
nursing father in tbe church was anxiously
solicitous for their establishment and growth
in faithfuloess to tbe manifestations of. that
blessed spirit by which tbey had been convinced and brought thus far on their heavenly
journey. He saluted them with this concise
bet instructive epistle:
vw Frit*d*,~ln tbat which convinced you,
Wait; tbat you may have tbat removed, which
you are convinced*' of. And all, my dear
mends, dwell in the life, and love, and power,
wisdom of God, ia unity one with another,
twith God. And tbe peace and wisdom
! 411 all your hearts, tbat eothing may
jhM,b«l tbe life .wbki #t**a« m tbe
K
-deirr, William thought it right to accompany
bim. At Colerain ihey preached in tbe street,
warning the people to repent, and also put op
some papers which they had written, in several
public places. But the professors were highly
offended at their proceedings and testimony,
and banished tbem' over tbe water, giving
charge tbat no boat should bring tbem back.
Thus arbitrarily expelled and prevented from
returning, tbey travelled oa foot toward Londonderry, lodging tbat night at a cabin in tbe
mountains. At tbe latter place they were
better received and obtained two meetings, at
which several persons' were convinced; tbe
governor attended at one of tbe meetings, and
acknowledged tbe truth of tbe doctrines tbey
preached, and behaved very respectfully to
county of Armagh, in which neighbourhood
there were many honest-hearted people who
had a desire lo bear Friends.
These received our travellers very lovingly,
and generally came to their meeting ; a large
number received the truth in the love of h, and
with great tenderness 4i for they were waiting
for it." A meeting was settled in that place
which became large.
(To be continued.)
letter from a Shatcnee Indian.
A friend of Indiana, from a belief that it
would be interesting to the readers of " The
Friend," has forwarded for insertion a literal
copy of a letter written by a full-blooded Indian of the Shawnee tribe. It is known that
a number of Indians have for some years been
under the care of Baltimore, Ohio, and Indiana yearly meetings, with the, hflQfilfllgnt
vipwjTfjrrirnriting their civilisation »nit rnnral
improvement. A part of this number removed
several years since, and the remainder, baring
subsequently disposed of tbeir lands, last autumn also migrated to a country west of tbe
Mississippi. Tbe letter was written by one of
this company of emigrants to Henry Harvey,
the individual wbo was superintendent at
Friends' establishment at Wappakonnetta,
Ohio. " The original," says.our correspondent,. " is written in a good hand, though evidently in haste, to which cause some of the
misspelling may be attributed." It is witb~^
much satisfaction that we learn, Friends of /
Ohio and Indiana are not-yet-dispoeed to with-
drawTEerrattention from this fragment of an
injured and once numerous people, notwithstanding the distance of the new location,
about seven hundred miles; and that tbe acting committee on Indian concerns have recently engaged three Friends to go and make
them a visit, and endeavour to ascertain what
can be done for tbeir benefit.
Kaaxaa River, Indian Territory,
Dec W, 183*.
Dear Sir,
I deferred writing for some time after we arrived at our new borne, thinking the chiefs would
wish to rite to you, finding tbey said nothing
on subject, to me of writing, I took on myself
to drop a fewlines. We landed to our new
holms on the first day of December, i^oranrWa. ^
hie fortigued andLpur horses maeh redSfted.'
and a number in fact give out on tbe way, "but
not-withstanding all things, we had a very providential fall, for our jurney. We are sorrow
to relate to you, that we left some of our nation behind us, whien will not be seen untill ^
we meet tbem in the eternal world, tbe names
of tboee is, Parkway, Waywapia, Tboeoeoway, *
Patewaycia, Nancy Sanders child, Gbaweys /
two children, Lea thaws grand child, aad Nancy \
Blujackets child, nine in number. A* respects^,
oar new country, I have seen better aad worse,
tbe land is of good quality and tbe water is
owe, but is not sufficient timber, quantity of
amber is not sufficient to fet*4 tbe :
~ Br
JUmuadnon bad fiasabed bis -v«Hitbea as long as they remained there.
* T*Wrted Jwa*,%«iTe*da»^ - ■ u L £
Utsy Jttk: ■■■»!■» tod
'-Sjhh* these* tbay went throrab Strabfts*.
Oesber, Duagaaaon, 4ms. toSjfcmore bvAm
W« bare settled aboat «4gbt mden freo tbe
Smooth of tbe river, tbe cblefe* bav* not made
a dnfsreut or iepwtMa tettltoesA, (mm I
yb<3*